July 5th, 1970

On This Date

109 people are killed when Air Canada Flight 621 crashes at Toronto International Airport.

Music Singles

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on July 5th, 1970:

United States: The Love You Save - Jackson Five

United Kingdom: In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

News Topics, Fads & Culture

Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on July 5th, 1970.

1970 in music.

The Billboard Charts in 1970 were dominated by the likes of The Jackson 5, B. J. Thomas, The Beatles, The Carpenters, The Partridge Family, Simon & Garfunkel, Bread, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, George Harrison and Shocking Blue.

Willy Brandt.

West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1970.

1970 in movies.

Movies released in 1970 included Love Story, MASH, Airport, Patton, Woodstock, Little Big Man, Ryan's Daughter, "Tora! Tora! Tora!", Chariots of the Gods, The Aristocats, The Conformist, A Man Called Horse and The Vampire Lovers.

Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water"

"Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel would go on to win a Grammy for 1970's Song of the Year.

July 5th, 2005: The single "Gold Digger" is released by rapper Kanye West.

July 5th, 2011: The song "Somebody That I Used to Know" is released by Gotye.

July 5th, 2011: Casey Anthony is found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

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Time Difference & Statistics

Here are some fun statistics about July 5th, 1970.

18,235 days have passed since this date.

1,575,504,000 seconds have passed since the July 5th, 1970.

If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,838,088,000 times.

Since July 5th, 1970, earth has travelled approximately 812,960,064,000 miles through space.

If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 262,584,000 times.

If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 135,493,344 steps. That's about 60,219 miles!

Since this date, 18,906,048 meteors have entered the earth's atmosphere!